Click simple commands and SmartDraw builds your swimlane diagram for you. Add or remove a box, and SmartDraw realigns and arranges all the elements so that everything looks great. You can easily add either horizontal or vertical swimlanes and switch between them on the fly. Add or delete swimlanes as needed. The swimlanes automatically expand to make room for shapes as you add them. No manual drawing required.
SmartDraw is easy to work with no matter what other apps you use. You can add swimlane flowcharts to:
SmartDraw works hand in glove with most file storage systems. You can save your swimlane diagram directly to:
There is no need to create a parallel set of common folders and permissions, SmartDraw can just save files directly into your existing set up.
Share your swimlane diagram with anyone, even if they don't own a copy of SmartDraw, with a link. You can also easily export any diagram as a PDF or common image formats like PNG or SVG.
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SmartDraw makes it easy to work with cross-functional teams to document processes and responsibilities. You can work on swimlane diagrams in real time or have your team share comments and feedback.
SmartDraw also works where you already communicate with you team. You can collaborate on swimlanes in Microsoft Teams®, Slack or Confluence.
SmartDraw is the easiest way to create swim lane diagrams and cross-functional flowcharts of any kind.
What makes it so fast and easy? SmartDraw does much of the drawing for you. Start with a swimlane flowchart template, select from an extensive library of symbols, and quickly build your diagram with ease.
You can quickly add vertical or horizontal swimlanes with a click of a button. By default, you'll start with 4 lanes, but you can easily add or remove lanes as needed.
Depending on the style of swimlanes selected, the lanes will automatically expand to make room for your growing chart. Vertical swimlanes will expand vertically downward, while horizontal swimlanes will expand to the right.
You can easily change column headers and add styling to finish your swimlane diagram.
Select any of these templates below to open SmartDraw in your browser and edit the template right now.
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